Read the excerpt from "How Not to Raise a Bully: The Early Roots of Empathy." When parents treat other people with compassion, selflessness and a lack of judgment, children copy those behaviors. "Empathy can't be taught, but it can be caught," says Gordon. What rhetorical features are employed in the excerpt?

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Karissa Fritz

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2 June, 03:06

Read the excerpt from "How Not to Raise a Bully: The Early Roots of Empathy." When parents treat other people with compassion, selflessness and a lack of judgment, children copy those behaviors. "Empathy can't be taught, but it can be caught," says Gordon. What rhetorical features are employed in the excerpt?

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Zoie Morton · Answer 1

Rhyme & Imagination

Explanation:

Rhetorical features are generally used to persuade or impress the audience.

The impact of a short and thoughtful phrase can do the trick, even more so when there is rhyme involved.

¨Empathy can't be taught, but it can be caught¨ is such a phrase because there is rhyme, but moreover there is the powerful visualisation (and imagination) of Empathy as something concrete that you can catch, if you open your eyes and just ... watch.